From martin burbridge Sent Wed, Oct 14th 1998, 17:56
From martin burbridge Sent Wed, Oct 14th 1998, 17:56
Michael Stein wrote: > Sorry if some of you feel this lacks IDM content... > > Someone recently posted about the Art Exhibition in the UK with tracks > by Thurston Moore remixed by various others. There's supposed to be a > CD (I've even heard a CD-ROM) for this on Jon Tye's Lo Recordings. Is > this going to be available to purchase or only available at the > exhibition?? > its going to be generally available, and in 3 different forms (2 are ltd). s://kimo and bent crayon were both doing pre-releases a couple of weeks back. this is snipped from one of those lists, thought i'd quote it fully as i'm not sure i'm currently up to a summary that would do it justice. sorry for the length, but there is quite a bit of idm (looking) content on there. -martin THURSTON MOORE-ROOT CD/LTD ED CD/6XLP >LCD011 / LCDLTD011 (limited edition CD) / LLPBOX011 (6 X 12" plus) >** Limited edition CD will be packaged in a "vacuum cleaner bag" - a bit >hard to describe but we can assure you that they will look very cool! >** Limited Edition Box Set includes six 12" discs plus booklet and maybe a >limited edition Savage Pencil print; it will also feature some tracks that >are not on the CD (ie: Scanner, DJ Speedranch, Russell Mills, plus..) & >maybe some of the original Thurston Moore pieces. >note: The aforementioned pre-release info is being offered prematurely due >to demand.. Numerous aspects of the >BOX Set are still being revised during production; as of yet, there is no >final confirmed track listing (it's still being >compiled!!), the limited edition insert (Savage Pencil print) has yet to be >received, etc..etc..etc.. BUT no matter what >the final results are, this BOX set will be extremely limited and >consequently in high demand!!!!! >Exhibiton & CD >In October of 1997 independent music label Lo Recordings received a DAT >tape containing 30 different one-minute guitar pieces by New York arthouse >guitarist Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. Each piece was copied onto >individual one-minute tapes and then packaged in a custom designed vacuum >cleaner bag. >In order to fully exploit the potential for musical/visual >cross-fertilization Lo Recordings teamed up with leading contemporary art >venture Commercial Too. >One hundred bags were sent out to a selection of the most creative visual >artists and musicians, inviting them to create a brand new work utilising >the original piece as a starting point. >The original idea was to produce a CD compilation of music together with an >exhibition of visual work. However, so overwhelming was the response that >the project has expanded to include a web-site, various off-shoot events >and a second CD with accompanying CD-Rom to be released in the new year. >ROOT will be launched with an exhibition in October at The Chisenhale >Gallery and will also form part of the Pandaemonium Festival. >track listing: >1. DEREK BAILEY 2. ALEC EMPIRE 3. MOGWAI 4. LUKE VIBERT 5. DONALD >CHRISTIE & THE UNDERDOG 6. BLUR 7. MARK WEBBER (PULP) 8. STEREOLAB >9. CHEAP GLUE (REPUBLICA) 10. ADD N TO X 11. SPRINGHEEL JACK >12. THE HYPNOTIST 13. THE MELLOWTRONS 14. WARREN DEFEVER (HIS NAME IS >ALIVE) 15. VVM >16. THIRD EYE FOUNDATION 17. DAVID CUNNINGHAM 18. ECHO PARK 19. MERZBOW >20. RICHARD THOMAS 21. STOCK, HAUSEN & WALKMAN 22. TWISTED SCIENCE VS >BURZOOTIE 23. BRUCE GILBERT 24. ARASHI VS RED KING 25. RUSSELL HASWELL